The evolution of Multicopters into fully autonomous systems is progressing at an alarming rate!
Here we have a Hexacopter with a Hexpod for landing gear - allowing omnidirectional ground and air based movement. I think this is very very cool! Now all it needs is a few cameras and you can have a system that could determine whether it should go over or under obstacles. I brings whole new possibilities to search and rescue operations.
Thoughts?
Original posting:
http://madlabindustries.com/hackerspace/projects-2/hexapod-quadcopter/
Well done Mad Labs!

That is so awesome. I was waiting for somebody to do this. Hexapods in general give me shivers, but flying hexapods... eek!
Comment by Jan Detlefsen on December 18, 2012 at 7:08am wow
Comment by Kabir on December 18, 2012 at 7:11am Awesome!
Comment by Oliver on December 18, 2012 at 8:05am LOL! Add little fake strips of bacon or such hanging from the points of the "claws" and maybe a couple of red LED "eyes" on stalks topside and a little speaker issuing maniacal witch-screams... this is just too much, I've got to get one of these undercarriages for my hex!
Off-topic and more seriously: Do you have any vids of your Dynamixel GoPro Gimbal?
Comment by Craig Burden on December 18, 2012 at 8:19am Oh, I should have said above. I have no affiliation with Mad Labs, I am merely posting something cool! I guess the "we" could have thrown some people :)
Comment by Simone Chiaretta on December 18, 2012 at 10:24am awesome... now waiting for it to grab things :)

Simone, I was thinking the same thing! forget the hexapod thats a huge claw to pick up things with!

Wait a minute, look at the size of that Octocopter under the table!

overkill... 4 legs would be enough!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=490iCZIG...!
Comment by Jake Wells on December 18, 2012 at 2:13pm That's what I'm talking about!!!! Rad!
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